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I just kept coming back

January 2022 | Beginners
By: K.M. | Edmond, Okla.
She didn’t understand why they told her to return tomorrow, but it worked. That was just the love she needed

Icing on the Cake

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Phoenix, AZ
She has spent her sobriety working tirelessly to bring the word of AA inside prisons. Then, one day, she received an unexpected gift

The Hummingbird

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Ann P. | Scottsdale, Ariz.
It took a trapped and fragile creature to remind her that trust was essential to her sobriety

Surrender—Literally and Figuratively

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
By: David M. | Alexandria, Va.
His choice was clear: A spiritual life or an alcoholic death

Gettin' busy

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
By: Tom C. | La Salle, Illinois
A newcomer leaps back into life and becomes a much more interesting guy

Deep blue silent mystery

November 2018
By: Mike J. | Boise, Idaho
Like the flow of the river where he took his first drink, he followed his search, which led him to AA

My own cup

March 2018
By: Leslie Anne M. | Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room

Back in My Heart

October 2015
She keeps her father's boyhood photo to remind her of how far her healing has come

The Pendant

June 2015
By: Anonymous
After just one week sober, a newcomer treats herself—but little does she know she has already won the prize

Connecticut, My Prison

November 2014
By: Elizabeth E. | Santa Fe, New Mexico
She went to the country for a fresh start. She didn't get very far

Where I Go, It Goes

June 2014
By: Terry F. | Lexington, Kentucky
On a plane or at the doctor's, she's never without her constant companion

The intersection

March 2014
By: Jo P. | Pocatello, Idaho
Drink/no drink, God/no God—the light was turning and it was decision time

My Own Private Hell

February 2014
By: Anonymous
He couldn't stop and he was drinking mouthwash, until AA gave him the key to get free

12-Step Turtle

February 2013
By: Dawn M. | Cleburne, Texas
How a backyard red-eared slider showed her the way to Step Two

Face Value

May 2012
By: Jude H. | Graton, California
How she got off her dirty carpet, found self-worth and learned to help others

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Relapse after 11 years

April 2019 | Relapse
By: Ahmed J. | Coral Springs, Florida
From a Florida jail, a dad warns how pain meds and a weak program woke his sleeping lion

Home again

March 2018
By: Ames S. | New York, New York
Each year he takes flight, sometimes gracefully, and returns to the room where it all began

Any lengths?

January 2018 | Sponsorship
By: Russ K. | Tampa, Florida
A sponsee in Florida shares valuable lessons he’s learned from his sponsor—including how to survive in a hurricane

Basic training

April 2017
By: Glenn P. | Florissant, Missouri
Five weeks of outpatient were the building blocks to AA and a sober life

13th-Stepping And The Damage Done

October 2016
When does a warm greeting go too far? One AA woman writes of how meetings need to be a safe haven, but can’t be when members engage in practices that many consider predatory.

Believe It or Not

March 2016
By: I.K., | New York,, N.Y.
Tradition Three makes it clear. We don't have to conform to belong

Lost in the English Rain

May 2015
By: Chad P. | Grand Island, New York
Far from home and unable to find a meeting, he got a helping hand

Light and Joy

February 2015
By: Jamie G. | East Haven, Connecticut
Her life wasn't such a dark place anymore after she found AA

A New World

January 2015
By: Don S. | Burlington, Connecticut
He had no idea he was entering a life of softball, snorkling, dancing and joy

Dear HP

November 2014
By: Jeff H. | Sturgeon, Missouri
Neither rain nor snow could keep him from giving this prayer thing a shot

East of the Red River

March 2014
By: L.L. | Medicine Hat, Alberta
An alcoholic discovers you can sink a lot lower than living under a bridge

On the Right Track

July 2013
By: Peter B. | Mississauga, Ontario
A man who lost his job finds something much more important on his way home

Payback

March 2013
By: C.B. | Bristol, Pennsylvania
An old-timer remembers the best bargain he ever made

Quiet Love

October 2012
A deaf member's life is changed when his home group steps up to service

What My Pencil Reveals

October 2012
By: Gary T. | Poughkeepsie, New York
Writing it all down helps him stay on the beam

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